On this day in 1962, U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presented photographic evidence to the United Nations Security Council. The photos were of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
Soviet Ambassador Zorin.
A Kennedy administration official (upper left) shows aerial views of one of the Cuban medium-range missile bases, taken in October 1962.
The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War on this day in 1854. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians and took his troops into a valley where they suffered 40 percent casualties. It was later revealed that the order was the result of confusion and was not given intentionally.
Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava. The view is from the Fedokine hills across the Causeway toward Balaklava harbor in this painting by William Simpson.
On this day in 1983,U.S. troops and soldiers from six Caribbean nations invaded Grenada to restore order and provide protection to U.S. citizens after a recent coup within Grenada’s Communist (pro-Cuban) government.
U.S Special Operations Forces in Grenada.
William Payne Stewart(January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999)
It was on this day in 1999.
Stewart, 42, was one of the world’s most recognizable golfers because of his trademark knickerbockers. The plane carrying Stewart and five others crashed near Aberdeen, South Dakota, after traveling 1,500 miles, most of it while the pilot, co-pilot and passengers were apparently unconscious or dead when the plane lost cabin pressure during its flight and ran out of fuel and crashed. The sounds of a low-pressure alarm could be heard on the recovered cockpit voice recorder.
The Learjet 35, N47BA, before its final flight on October 25, 1999.
General Douglas MacArthur (center) fulfilled his promise to return to the Philippines on this day in 1944 when an amphibious retaking of the islands by allied forces took place.
It was on this day in 1977.
The Convair aircraft before the crash.
On this day in 1947, Hollywood came under scrutiny as the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence within the motion picture industry.
Hollywood stars (Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in the lead) descend on the Capitol to lodge their note of protest against the HUAC’s proceedings.
Photograph of HUAC hearing with actor Gary Cooper (far left).
On this day in 1492, Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, sighted Watling Island in the Bahamas. He believed that he had found Asia while attempting to find a Western ocean route to India. The same day he claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain.
Explorer Christopher Columbus.
The USS Cole bombing was an attack against the United States Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole on 12 October 2000, while it was being refueled in Yemen’s Aden harbor. 17 American sailors were killed and 39 injured in the deadliest attack against a United States naval vessel since 1987.
Casualties of the USS Cole being Returned To The United States.
On this day in 1960, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev was reported to have pounded a shoe on his desk during a dispute at a U.N. General Assembly.
On this day in 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey.
Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – April 27,1521)
Magellan was killed in the Philippines during the Battle of Mactan by soldiers of leader Lapu-Lap.
James Joseph "Jim" Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973)
On this day in 1973, pop singer Jim Croce was killed along with five others in a plane crash on his way to Sherman, TX, for a concert. He was only 30 years old.
Dr. Emil A. Naclerio, member of the surgical team that operated on the Rev. Martin Luther King, is shown at King’s bedside in Harlem Hospital in New York on Sept. 21, 1958.
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